Sun Records, Qobuz Bring 'Pure Johnny Cash' to Streaming; YouTube, Spotify Streaming Data Show Britain's Music Tastes
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Sun Records Brings Pure Johnny Cash to Digital Streaming With Qobuz Exclusive
Sun Records expand their acclaimed archival collaboration with the digital release of Pure Johnny Cash, available exclusively today via Qobuz, the independently owned high-quality music streaming and download platform known for prioritizing high-quality listening.
Škoda, Cinemo Expand the Digital In-Car Experience with Spotify
Powered by Cinemo CORE™, Spotify is now integrated natively into Škoda’s existing infotainment system, allowing users to launch and enjoy the audio streaming service directly from the center display.
The spirit of Tomahawk lives on in music project Parachord
Is it time for early-2010s nostalgia yet? Let us take you back for a moment to the time when a music application called Tomahawk was making quite a buzz in music-tech circles.
YouTube and Spotify streaming data reveals Britain's music tastes
Oasis are big in Manchester, but even bigger in Scotland. Newcastle is wild for homegrown guitar hero Sam Fender. These are some of the revelations from a breakdown of listening habits on Spotify and YouTube in 2025 in more than a dozen of the UK’s biggest cities.
Virgin Music Group completes Downtown acquisition
Alongside the deal’s completion, it was announced that Pieter van Rijn has been appointed Chief Operating Officer of VMG, having been CEO of Downtown since last year. He will report to co-CEOs Nat Pastor and JT Myers and will continue to be based in Amsterdam.
The Financial ‘Walled Gardens’ Are the Real Ones Being Built Now
Having moved away from trying to stop AI music outright, the record industry is now quickly constructing walls around the AI music financial system. The goal is no longer to eliminate generative tools, but to keep as much money as possible from leaving the garden — particularly from flowing to entirely new creators and producers operating outside the traditional ecosystem.
AI Sample Generator Just 4 Noise Closes $1 Million Round
Founded by Max Shafer and Henning Nobmann in 2024, the startup deals in prompt-based samples that it says come from an ethically trained model. Per the appropriate website, the royalty-free outputs integrate into DAWs.
Tidal expands its ‘Spotlight’ program to Canada, UK and Europe
Tidal noted in its announcement that uploaded tracks will be considered for ‘Spotlight’ until the end of June 2026, adding that “selected tracks are eligible to receive a one-time award of US$1,000”.
‘We will never stream music’: SF’s new listening bar is all vinyl — and artisanal sake
Kissakeko is Nob Hill’s Japanese-style “jazz kissa,” an intimate cafe with chill vibes and a curated music collection.
How to watch BBC iPlayer from anywhere
The BBC’s free streaming platform is a goldmine for music fans – here’s how to access it from abroad.
Deezer launches ‘Flow Tuner’ to give users more control over algorithmic playlists
Flow Tuner adjusts recommendations in real time instead of relying on likes, dislikes or skips.
Abbey Road launches its first-ever in-house built sampled instrument in collaboration with British fashion brand Charles Jeffrey Loverboy
Marking Abbey Road’s first-ever fully in-house built sampled instrument, The Big Nessie lands to coincide with Loverboy’s spring/summer 2026 collection, and enables producers to “experiment with raw, textural sounds”.
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